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My digital producer and cohost wajahat ali is here, bringing in all of your feedback throughout the show. A lot of activity from our community on this topic. They are also concerned about a rough road ahead. Yeah, because afghanistan is a country besieged with challenges right now. It has fended off invaders for centuries. Er and we hope thats not the case with afghanistan. Now were going to get our community into this a lot today. Absolutely. This week afghanistan marked its first democratic le...

Investigation over political fraud case, and more tea with your sugar. Indonesians being told to say no as the country battles the bulge. People in the gaza strip leaving their shelters tried to assess what has happened to their homes on the first day of what could be a longterm ceasefire with israel. The United States says at 17,000 homes were destroyed or damaged in seven weeks of the conflict. It has been estimated it will cost billions to restore those buildings. Andrew simmons sent us the u...

U. S. , a country he was once banned from visiting. We begin in afghanistan where ashraf ghani has been sworn in as the new president. Its been described as an historic day, as this is the first democratic transfer of power in the country. He will head a unity government, the inauguration comes after a bitterly contested election with claims of fraud and vote recount, and marks the departure of hamid karzai, president since the invasion in 2001. Translation brothers and sisters, by participating...

Parades through the streets of donetsk is a show of defiance. Im Andy Richardson with todays sports as teammates turn on each other on the formula one race. First, he spent almost two years in captivity in syria, but an american journalist has now been freed. Peter curtis was captured in october 2012 according to information from the fbi. His last known location was in turkey where he said he had plans to end syria to teach english. Hes been handed over to a u. N. Representative. And the news co...

Better than you. If i do good things support me. If i do wrong things please stop me. Reporter and six feet we look at how a workshop advances our understanding of the world. Welcome to the program, a second week of protests in hong kong led to falls on the International Financial markets, the studentled demonstrations began as a campaign against beijing plans, but quickly escalated. This is the scene now in the financial district, thousands of people remain on the streets despite the use of tea...

A new plea today from the mother of an american hostage. She asks the Islamic State group to let her son go. Roxana saberi with more. Reporter tony, this is the first time that Shirley Sotloff is speaking out. Her plea comes eight days after the release of a video showing the execution of another journalist steve foley. Im Shirley Sotloff. My son stephen is in your hands. Reporter she addresses the leader of the Islamic State group by his preferred title, asking him to let her son come home. You...

The i. S. I. S. Terrorist group. Afghanistan elections, Abdullah Abdullah demands an independent investigation. Handshakes and smiles, little sign to end the conflict as the ukranian and russian president meet. So, after seven weeks of death and destruction, thousands of palestinians in gaza have been celebrating a longterm ceasefire with israel. Hamas declared victory over the israeli occupation. Israel, for its part, says hamas has now accepted the same deal offered to them a month ago, and mu...

Afghanistan. Ashraf gandhi is sworn in for the unity government. And we look at the understanding of the world. Turkish tanks have been positioned close to the besieged town of kobane. Three further shells landed on the turkish side of the border. Turkish police fired tear gas and prevented gathering at the border. Powerful rebel forces not all ied to isil are denouncing the airstrikes. Oil facilities across eastern and Northern Syria have been among the targets of airstrikes. They want to deny ...

To stop i. S. I. L. s advances. The head of the Intelligence Community acknowledged that they underestimated had been taking place in syria. We predicted and watched it. Thousands of demonstrators on the streets of hong kong defying calls to disperse. Police are trying to break up the demonstrators. I. S. I. S. And hamas are branches of the same poisonous year. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said. That the greatest threat to world peace would be a nuclear iran. Toxic gas and ash forci...

Fighters from the Islamic State of iraq and levant are closing in on a strategic town in syria, next to the border with turkey. I. S. I. L. Is within 5km of kobani, and there are reports of Coalition Strikes in other areas of syria. I. S. I. L. Began their advance sending tens of thousands of kurdish syrians into turkey. Stefanie dekker reports. Reporter more shelling in the town of kobani. The attacks intensified or the last few days, and is intensifying the anger on the turkish side of the bor...